Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly The court of common pleas may grant divorces for the following causes: (A) Either party had a husband or wife living at the time of the marriage from which the divorce is sought; (B) Willful absence of the adverse party for one […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The court of common pleas including divisions of courts of domestic relations, has full equitable powers and jurisdiction appropriate to the determination of all domestic relations matters. This section is not a determination by the general assembly that such equitable powers […]
Effective: August 1, 1975 Latest Legislation: House Bill 370 – 111th General Assembly No person shall advertise, print, publish, distribute, or circulate a circular, pamphlet, card, handbill, advertisement, printed paper, book, newspaper, or notice, or cause such to be done, with the intent to procure or aid in procuring divorces or dissolutions of marriage, either […]
Effective: January 1, 1991 Latest Legislation: House Bill 514 – 118th General Assembly The plaintiff in actions for divorce and annulment shall have been a resident of the state at least six months immediately before filing the complaint. Actions for divorce and annulment shall be brought in the proper county for commencement of action pursuant […]
Effective: January 1, 1991 Latest Legislation: House Bill 514 – 118th General Assembly When a person files a petition for divorce or legal separation, the residence of the spouse does not preclude the use of sections 3105.01 to 3105.21 of the Revised Code.
Effective: January 1, 1991 Latest Legislation: House Bill 514 – 118th General Assembly If the residence of a defendant in an action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation is unknown, or if the defendant is not a resident of this state or is a resident of this state but absent from the state, notice of […]
Effective: June 13, 1990 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 25 – 118th General Assembly At any time before a final judgment is entered in a divorce action, the spouses may convert the action for divorce into an action for dissolution of marriage by filing a motion with the court in which the divorce action is pending […]
Effective: April 11, 1991 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 3 – 118th General Assembly (A) At any time after thirty days from the service of summons or first publication of notice in an action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or at any time after the filing of a petition for dissolution of marriage, the court […]
Effective: January 1, 1991 Latest Legislation: House Bill 514 – 118th General Assembly (A) The court of common pleas shall hear any of the causes for divorce or annulment charged in the complaint and may, upon proof to the satisfaction of the court, pronounce the marriage contract dissolved and both of the parties released from […]
Effective: May 7, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 272 – 125th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, proof of cohabitation and reputation of the marriage of a man and woman is competent evidence to prove their marriage, and, in the discretion of the court, that proof may be sufficient […]
Effective: October 25, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 349 – 112th General Assembly When a divorce is granted the court of common pleas shall, if the person so desires, restore any name that the person had before the marriage.
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly (A) Either party to the marriage may file a complaint for divorce or for legal separation, and when filed the other may file a counterclaim for divorce or for legal separation. The court of common pleas may grant divorces for the causes […]
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Distributive award” means any payment or payments, in real or personal property, that are payable in a lump sum or over time, in fixed amounts, that are made from separate property or income, and that […]
Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 461 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “spousal support” means any payment or payments to be made to a spouse or former spouse, or to a third party for the benefit of a spouse or a former spouse, that is both for sustenance […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Upon satisfactory proof of the causes in the complaint for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, the court of common pleas shall make an order for the disposition, care, and maintenance of the children of the marriage, as is in their best […]
Effective: September 24, 1963 Latest Legislation: House Bill 467 – 105th General Assembly A marriage may be annulled for any of the following causes existing at the time of the marriage: (A) That the party in whose behalf it is sought to have the marriage annulled was under the age at which persons may be […]
Effective: September 24, 1963 Latest Legislation: House Bill 467 – 105th General Assembly An action to obtain a decree of nullity of a marriage must be commenced within the periods and by the parties as follows: (A) For the cause mentioned in division (A) of section 3105.31 of the Revised Code, by the party to […]
Effective: October 25, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 349 – 112th General Assembly If the court determines that a marriage is void or that a judgment of nullity ought to be granted, the court may in its discretion, and regardless of whether or not a request therefor was included in the prayer of the complaint […]
Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 461 – 129th General Assembly As used in sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code: (A) “Collaborative family law communication” means any statement that occurs after the parties sign a collaborative family law participation agreement and before the collaborative family law process is concluded and that […]
Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 461 – 129th General Assembly (A) Sections 3105.41 to 3105.54 of the Revised Code apply to a collaborative family law participation agreement that meets the requirements of section 3105.43 of the Revised Code and is signed on or after the effective date of this section. (B) A […]
